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Claude Skills are a bigger deal than MCP (Simon Willison)

Simon Willison

July 20, 2026

Expert analysis of Skills. An intermediate article from Simon Willison.

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About

Build reusable Claude skills and run them across your work. It is a article from Simon Willison, made for people building and running Claude skills.

Who is it for

For people building and running Claude skills. If you have used Claude a bit and want to go deeper, this fits.

Why

Most write-ups drown you in theory. This one is short and tells you what to actually do, so keep it open while you build.

What you learn

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Build a reusable Claude skill
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Install and run skills across projects
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Point a skill at your own data and ICP
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Walk away with something you can reuse
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